CHILD AND BLIND GRANDFATHER.

Though grandfather has long been blind,
And his few locks are gray,

He loves to feel the summer wind
Round his pale temples play.

We'll lead him to some quiet place,

Some unfrequented nook,

Where winds breathe soft, and wild flowers grace

The borders of the brook.

There he shall sit as in a dream,

Though nought he can behold;
Till the brook's murmur-it shall seem
The voice of friends of old.

Think no more of them, aged man,
For here thou hast no friend;
Think-since this life is but a span,
Of joys that have no end.

THE BUTTERFLY.

Child of the sun! pursue thy rapturous flight,
Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light;
And, where the flowers of paradise unfold,
Quaff fragrant nectar from their cups of gold,
There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky,
Expand and shut in silent ecstasy.

-Yet wert thou once a worm; a thing that crept On the bare earth, then wrought a tomb, and slept ;

And such is man; soon from his cell of clay
To burst a seraph in the blaze of day.

A MOTHER'S INJUNCTION ON PRESENTING HER SON WITH A BIBLE.

Remember, love, who gave thee this,

When other days shall come :
When she who had thy earliest kiss
Sleeps in her narrow home.
Remember 'twas a mother gave
The gift to one she'd die to save.

That mother sought a pledge of love,

The holiest for her son;

And from the gifts of God above,

She chose a goodly one.

She chose, for her beloved boy,

The source of light, and life, and joy.

And bade him keep the gift,—that when
The parting hour should come,
They might have hope to meet again,

In an eternal home.

She said his faith in that would be

Sweet incense to her memory.

And should the scoffer, in his pride,
Laugh that fond faith to scorn,
And bid him cast the pledge aside,
That he from youth had borne,

She bade him pause, and ask his breast,
If he, or she, had loved him best?

A parent's blessing on her son
Goes with this holy thing;

The love that would retain the one
Must to the other cling.
Remember! 'tis no idle toy,

A mother's gift-Remember, boy!

CHRISTMAS HYMN.

Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid! Star of the east, the horizon adorning,

Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid! Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are shining, Low lies his bed with the beasts of the stall ! Angels adore him in slumber reclining,

Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all! Say shall we yield him, in costly devotion, Odours of Edom, and off'rings divine; Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean, Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine?

Vainly we offer each ample oblation;

Vainly with gold would his favour secure ; Richer by far is the heart's adoration,

Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.

Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid! Star of the east, the horizon adorning,

Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid!

PARAPHRASE OF THE TWENTY-NINTH PSALM.

Glory and praise to Jehovah on high! Glory from all, through the earth and the sky! Angels, approach Him in homage and duty; Fall at the feet of your heavenly King; Saints, to His presence O throng, in the beauty Of holiness, there all his mercies to sing; Glory and praise to Jehovah on high ! Glory from all, through the earth and the sky!

The voice of Jehovah, majestic and loud,

In thunders comes forth from his palace of cloud : That voice o'er the silence of ocean is breaking;

It rolls o'er the waters, it bursts on the shore; The forests are bending, the mountains are quaking; And earth and her creatures stand still and adore. Glory and praise to Jehovah on high ! Glory from all, through the earth and the sky!

The voice of Jehovah more sweetly is heard

By saints in His temple attending His word. He speaks not to them in the whirlwind or thunder; He comes not to threaten, denounce, or reprove; He comes with glad tidings of joy and of wonder; He bids them be happy in Jesus's love.

Glory and praise to Jehovah on high!

Glory from all, through the earth and the sky!

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